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Auburn Annie · 05-21-2007, 07:36 AM

From The Star:

http://www.thestar.com/artsentertainment/article/216044

Five past and present Toronto residents shared memories of the Summer of Love with the Star's Raju Mudhar. He asked three questions: What is your best personal memory from that summer? What impact did that year have on your life? What do you think the utopian ideals of 1967 mean in 2007?

B.C. Fiedler

Bernie Fiedler owned the Riverboat, the city's central junction of hippie culture. He moved on to music management and concert promoting, and runs his own company.

Best personal memory: I owned the Riverboat coffee house and had persuaded Gordon Lightfoot to play my club for the entire month of January. That was big.... People lined up outside until 2 a.m. to see and hear Gordon perform.

Impact of 1967: The year started a friendship between Gordon and I that is still going strong today. 1967 also had a great impact on my career from club owner to concert promoter and later, in the early 1970s, to managing artists.

1967 vs. 2007: The summer of love was flower power, the hippie movement and the anti-Vietnam war movement. We believed we could change the world. We made the environment an issue that couldn't be avoided.

05-21-2007, 07:36 AM	#1
Auburn Annie Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 3,101	From The Star: http://www.thestar.com/artsentertainment/article/216044 Five past and present Toronto residents shared memories of the Summer of Love with the Star's Raju Mudhar. He asked three questions: What is your best personal memory from that summer? What impact did that year have on your life? What do you think the utopian ideals of 1967 mean in 2007? B.C. Fiedler Bernie Fiedler owned the Riverboat, the city's central junction of hippie culture. He moved on to music management and concert promoting, and runs his own company. Best personal memory: I owned the Riverboat coffee house and had persuaded Gordon Lightfoot to play my club for the entire month of January. That was big.... People lined up outside until 2 a.m. to see and hear Gordon perform. Impact of 1967: The year started a friendship between Gordon and I that is still going strong today. 1967 also had a great impact on my career from club owner to concert promoter and later, in the early 1970s, to managing artists. 1967 vs. 2007: The summer of love was flower power, the hippie movement and the anti-Vietnam war movement. We believed we could change the world. We made the environment an issue that couldn't be avoided.